RBE No. 12/1996: House Rent Allowance (HRA) – Admissibility in the Event of Non-acceptance

No.E(P&A)II-95/HRA/3, dated 14.02.1996

Sub: Admissibility of House Rent Allowance in the event of non acceptance for surrender of railway residential accommodation.

1. Attention is invited to Board letter No.E(P&A)II-87/HRA-15, dated 16.05.1988 (RBE No. 98/1988) delegating powers to General Managers and other heads of organisations directly controlling allotment of quarters to railway servants for sanction of House Rent Allowance (HRA) to the categories of railway employees mentioned in para 1 thereof in accordance with the prescribed conditions.
2. The question of renewing this delegation of powers beyond 31.03.1995 has been engaging the attention of the Board for sometime past. On the basis of the reports received from the Zonal Railways and Production Units, the matter has been considered and the Board have decided to renew the sanction contained in para 5 of their letter dated 16.05.1988 (RBE No. 98/1988), ibid, w.e.f. 01.04.1995 upto 31.03.2002 where after the question of renewing the delegation will be considered by the Board and a fresh sanction, if necessary, issued on the basis of reports rescued from the General Managers etc. directly controlling allotment of quarters, in regard to the position of availability of railway accommodation and their control.
3. This delegation is subject to the terms and conditions stipulated in Board’s letter dated 16.05.1988 (RBE No. 98/1988) and to the overriding condition that these orders are liable to be withdrawn/ modified at any time during this period if considered necessary by the Railway Board to do so.
4. This has the approval of the President and issues with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.

Download Railway Board Circular RBE No. 12/1996

Forward reference ⇒ RBE No. 163/1999, RBE No. 46/2000, RBE No. 78/2003, RBE No.176/2010,